Kriegsberichterstattung: Von den Stellungen an der Narwa. Nach der Schlacht (version 1)

Identifier
irn613371
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • RG-91.0020
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Scope and Content

Decelith Folie D. War report by Rudolf Becker, SS Standarte Kurt Eggers, 3. Kriegsberichter-Kompagnie. "From the positions at the Narwa After the battle." Dramatic description of the battlefield during the Battle of Narva. Becker describes a young Estonian soldier, looking across the river at the Soviet positions, and how this battle for him is all about Heimatboden [homeland]. Detailed description of engagement between the Soviets and the Germans that ends with the death of the Estonian soldier.

Note(s)

  • Technical notes: Probably a one-sided record of the Großdeutschen Rundfunk. Same report as RG-91.0021, but this is in German and longer. The Battle of Narva was a military campaign between the German Army Detachment "Narwa" and the Soviet Leningrad Front fought for possession of the strategically important Narva Isthmus [Estonia] on 2 February – 10 August 1944 during World War II.

People

  • Becker, Rudolf.

Corporate Bodies

  • Waffen-SS

Subjects

  • Narva (Estonia)
  • War correspondents.
  • Radio broadcasting.
  • Soldiers--Estonia.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Estonia--Narva.

Genre

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